Support Worker

**Description**:
**Pay rate**: £13.50 to £15.50 - **WEEKLY PAY**
**Shift Pattern**: Full time day shifts - Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 20:00pm

**Location**: St Austell, Cornwall (PL25)

**Requirements**:Learning Disability and Autism experience**

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for the right person to work with a lady living in St Austell. She has Autism, Mental health and an eating disorder. We provide care on a 2:1 basis.

Your role of support is to meet her personal care and day-to-day assistance needs. You will work alone and as part of a team, operating on shifts to provide 24/7 care.

If you are resilient, reliable and looking for a role that truly makes a difference to someone else’s life then we want to hear from you.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support with all aspects of daily living
- Personal care
- Supporting with her mental health
- Supporting her to go out into the community

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:

- It is desirable that applicants have a full UK driving license but is not essential.
- Learning disability and autism experience is required for this role.
- Mental Health experience.
- Not be allergic to animals.
- Caring and supportive nature
- Enthusiastic and willingness to learn
- Excellent written and verbal English skills

**About LDA**

LDA provides a holistic service for adults, who are autistic, have a Learning Disability, and/or mental health conditions and may have behaviours that challenge.

Our goal is to support people to live a fulfilling life and enjoy greater independence, enabling individuals to live where they want, how they want and have a choice over who supports them.

We are committed to the continuing professional development of all our team members.

You’ll receive fully paid, on the job training so, whether you’re an experienced support worker or completely new to the sector, you’ll have the opportunity to build your skills whilst cultivating a trusted relationship with the person you support.

**Benefits**:

- Access to Westfield Rewards - an exclusive rewards website, with access to special offers on all your favourite goods and services from over 1,000 leading online and high street retailers, restaurants, travel companies and destinations
- Access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
- Opportunity to obtain NVQ’s in Health and Social Care
- Fully paid on the job training, with shadowing in place
- Fully paid DBS
- Contracts available
- Progression opportunities within the organisation
- Pension enrolment
- Access to Westfield Health Cash Plan
- 24/7 management support
- A great Refer a Friend scheme - receive up to £500 when you refer a friend or family member.

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**About Learning Disability and Autism**:
We are a leading healthcare provider in the UK, and a CQC Registered business, founded in 2006, with more than 800 employees who are part of the Bespoke Family. The business is at an exciting stage in its journey and growing quickly. We work together in a wide variety of locations to support adults and children with complex care needs, and a range of both physical and mental disabilities.

We are individual-centred and our clients' needs are at the heart of everything we do. Our teams are passionate about working in close partnership with our clients, to provide outstanding, tailored care that promotes empowerment, and do everything possible to help our clients to access new experiences.

Our areas of expertise include: Learning Disabilities & Autism, Spinal Injuries, Physical Disabilities, Brain Injuries, Mental Health Conditions and Children's Services.

We offer great opportunities for our support workers to join a dedicated client care team, in a supportive and friendly environment, with lots of scope for development and progression.